KUALA LUMPUR: Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team (SRT) Moto Grand Prix (GP) riders ― Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli ― displayed a stellar performance after finishing top two spots in the first two free practice sessions of the Czech Republic GP at the Brno Circuit yesterday. Quartararo, who sits comfortably […]
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PARIS: Thiago Silva’s eight years as a Paris Saint-Germain player are about to come to an end and the Brazilian centre-back has one piece of unfinished business to contend with as the Qatar-owned club head to Lisbon targeting Champions League glory. That is something that has so far eluded Silva […]
KOZHIKODE: Indian authorities had practised for years for a jet overshooting the “table-top” runway at Kozhikode airport, but local resident Fazal Puthiyakath was not prepared for the “blood and death” of the real thing. The 32-year-old businessman and his neighbours were first on the scene after an Air India Express […]
BEIJING: Chinese lawmakers met today to decide on how to deal with the legislative vacuum left by postponing Hong Kong elections. The Legislative Council elections scheduled for September 6 have been postponed for a year due the coronavirus pandemic. The top decision-making body of China’s parliament convened a four-day session […]
MANILA: The Philippines’ health ministry on Saturday (Aug 8) reported 4,226 new COVID-19 infections and 41 additional deaths. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed infections have risen to 126,885 while deaths have reached 2,209, with bulk of cases and casualties reported in the capital. The Philippines, with a […]
Two people familiar with the matter said Trump would extend the supplemental unemployment insurance at a $400-per-week level, a reduction from the $600 in the last stimulus bill. President Donald Trump said that if he can’t reach agreement with Democrats over stimulus legislation, he’s prepared to sign executive actions to […]
The experts analysed swabs taken from over 300 patients between March 6 and 26. Of the total, 193 patients were symptomatic while 110 were asymptomatic. A South Korean study, published in medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine, has found that asymptomatic carriers of Covid-19 spread the virus similar to the symptomatic […]
A Saturday state television report showing a teleconference involving Turkmenistan’s leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made no mention of WHO concern over pneumonia cases or Berdymukhamedov’s pledge over sampling. The World Health Organization has secured permission to conduct independent sampling in officially coronavirus-free Turkmenistan, after expressing […]
At an election rally in Ohio, Donald Trump announced that Washington will impose a 10% tariff on Canadian aluminum. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has asserted his government will implement “dollar-for-dollar” retaliatory measures after US president Donald Trump announced new tariffs on imports of Canadian aluminum. Canada and the United […]
HONG KONG: Beijing’s top representative office in Hong Kong said today that sanctions imposed by Washington on senior Hong Kong and Chinese officials were “clowning actions” that would not frighten or intimidate Chinese people. The United States yesterday imposed sanctions on Luo Huining, the head of China’s Liaison Office, as […]